Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 580

Words failed to capture the turmoil raging within Frederick’s heart.

Jocelyn, on the other hand, was utterly baffled.

Ever since they’d moved into the Winston Estate, their paths crossed more frequently, but Marguerite was always hustling, leaving at dawn and returning well past dusk due to her demanding job.

In all honesty, Jocelyn and Hayes didn’t interact much.

Yet, the words Hayes had for Marguerite were undeniably the highest form of praise.

“Hayes, why would you say that?”

Hayes, hands jammed in his pockets, chin tilted up, appeared to be seriously pondering the question.

“Because… Aunt Marguerite is kind, thoughtful… sincere, and she cares about me…”

He articulated each thought as it came to him. He racked his brain for all of Marguerite’s virtues, wishing he could ascribe every splendid word in the world to her. But to Hayes, even those words seemed too shallow, hardly sufficient to express his true sentiments.

resigning to a vague summation,

To him, Aunt Marguerite felt more like

welling up with emotion, her heart swelling with

Hayes’ affection for Marguerite

warmth that Hayes’ actual mother Yuna had failed to provide,

Jocelyn’s heart

No matter the past grudges, for the sake

unsettled after three long years,

dark eyes were unfocused, shrouded in a thick fog of

I say I’d look into it, to clear her

investigate?” Jocelyn challenged. “Behind her

eyes were reddened, his demeanor icy, “Yes.”

all, you shouldn’t hide everything from her. Love is love. Don’t play games. with mixed signals. If

She had been caught between Marguerite and her son, never daring to

because she wasn’t sure which was stronger in her son’s

back to the Winston Estate, their daily interactions had slowly revealed his true feelings to

had to

might still linger, but it had become